Posthumous under Ptol. IV rv diademed cornucopia Lustrous surfaces with
light golden-orange tone. Choice quality and very attractive.
Much nicer in overall quality and appearance than most examples of this type.

rv Pax stg. Nicely centered on a large round planchet
with great luster and details. Stylistically the portraiture
is rendered with a much more realistic depiction of the
emperor than most gold issue encountered of Severus
Alexander. Highly lustrous and quite exceptional for the type.

Babylon mint. Early posthumous. Obverse: Athena; Reverse: Nike. Exception well centered on a large round planchet that neatly frames the design elements. Stuck in high relief and of fine artistic style.

Pierced at 12:00 as usual, Choice Very Fine otherwise and very attractive. Weight is (essentially) full at grams. Very rare and one of the legendary key issues of the entire series, thus sure to become a highlight in the next owner`s collection.

A most exciting discovery specimen of the very scarce Potosi mint cuartilla series with an immediately recognizable design. Currently unique and a most important addition to any advanced collection in the series. Noted numismatist Freeman Craig commented the following when cataloguing the very rare ex Menzel specimen of the Potosi transitional 1652 ½ Real: “1652 ½ Real. If there is a single coin in this collection that will be under-appreciated for the next few decades but ripe to emerge as a crucial piece of the puzzle about this single most important date in Bolivia’s numismatic history (like 1793 is for the USA coppers), this is it.” and estimated it at CHF 25,000. This obviously rarer and equally thrilling coin should be considered as a similarly special item in the entire Potosi series.

The Association has over 300 members who collect Mexican coins, paper money and other items.

A quarterly journal is published in color containing a variety of interesting articles.

The Association puts on a convention and educational forum annually in October.

Dues start at $20 per year.
Go to usmex.org for more information and to view sample journals.

What's New

Carlos Jara, Cory Frampton and Max Keech at the New York International Coin Show

Welcome to our updated website!

There are a lot of changes taking place here.
Kent Ponterio just came on board as a full partner and is in the process of expanding our inventory into world and ancient coins.
In addition, our recent growth has caused us to move our office, double our space and increase our office staff.

Our website has been updated with over five hundred new items in just world and ancient coins alone.
Stop by and take a look at our expanded offerings.

Over the course of the next year we will be changing our name to World Numismatics, which is more befitting a broad focus numismatic firm.

I want to assure all of our existing customers that there is no reason to be concerned about our expansion into new areas.
We will continue to buy and stock the same level of Mexican and Latin coins and currency.
While we will be expanding the newsletter to include additional articles about world and ancient coins, we will not neglect our roots and will continue to publish plenty of articles on Mexican and Latin topics.
We also try to publish guest columns on interesting topics and if you have an article you would like to see printed in the newsletter, give us a call.

We hope you are as enthusiastic about our new direction as we are.
In the future, we will be updating our website on a regular basis expanding the range of quality coins and currency on a regular basis.